diff --git a/contrib/git.nwchem/github_actions_selfhosted.txt b/contrib/git.nwchem/github_actions_selfhosted.txt
index 14fb72e5e9..525565eb61 100644
--- a/contrib/git.nwchem/github_actions_selfhosted.txt
+++ b/contrib/git.nwchem/github_actions_selfhosted.txt
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@ jobs:
           export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=`pwd`
           unset USE_SIMINT
           mytee=tee
-          dist=$(grep ID= /etc/os-release |grep -v VERSION|head -1 |cut -c4-| sed 's/\"//g')
-          nprocs=3
-          if [[ $dist == "fedora" ]]; then nprocs=2; fi
-          if  [[ `uname -s` == "Darwin" ]]; then mytee=gtee; fi
+          if  [[ `uname -s` == "Darwin" ]]; then mytee=gtee; dist=Darwin; fi
+          if  test -f "/usr/lib/os-release"; then dist=$(grep ID= /etc/os-release |grep -v VERSION|head -1 |cut -c4-| sed 's/\"//g') ; fi
+          if [[ $dist == "fedora" ]]; then nprocs=2; else nprocs=3 ;fi
+          echo nprocs is $nprocs
           source travis/nwchem.bashrc; cd QA && ./doqmtests.mpi $nprocs | $mytee >(ts "%d%b%Y %H:%M:%S" > ../../../../doqmtests.mpi.log.` date +%b%d%Y_%H:%M`)
         shell: bash
       - name: Check if QA testing has failed